PH emergency line ’911′ goes live August 1

The country’s national emergency hotline, 911, will go live on August 1 according to an official memo from the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC).

According to radio reports on Sunday, July 24, NTC Chair Gamaliel Cordoba, through Memorandum Circular No. 07-07-2016, dated July 20 directed all telecom companies to follow the said hotline.

The shift to 911 from the old Patrol 117 was officiated by NTC through Memorandum Circular No. 06-07-2016. The NTC then urged the public to use the hotline properly, as the old Patrol 117 was often pranked with hoax calls. MC